The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-01-30
GENERAL NEWS

Business dull.
CLEAR and cool.
PLEASANT weather.
RIVER rising rapidly.
Four boats leaving tomorrow.
The st Francis river is rising.
THE Tennessee. river is falling at
ChattAuooga.
THE Cumberland river continues 10
rise rapidly at Nashville.
The Ohio river is rising at Plttsburg
and at all other points below.
The City of Vicksburg is advertised
to leave here Tuesday for yicksburg.
CATS. ROBERT WISE and Lee Keck
left last night by rail for Cincinnati.
local Inspectors BRAzEE aud Oar
ragh yesterday inspected the win s. Hays
DURING the tweuIy-four hours ending
at noon yesterday the river here rose feet 4
inches.
TBR Arkansas river rose z inches
yesterday ut Fort Smith and fell 2 inches at
Lift rock.
The Henry Lourey. towing 5 barges
and fuel boat, passed to New Orleans yes
terday afternoon,
The Golden Rule, Capt. o. p. Shin
kle, is announced to leave here ut noon to-
day for New Orleans.
MATS JAMES FITZGERALD and Pilot
Henry Psrtee arrived in the city Yesterday
morning and will 30 on the Will S. Hays.
The Joe Peters, Capt. l.. b, smith,
is due from Arkansas river, and she will
probably return to that stream tomorrow.
THE Buckeye State is due here to-
morrow with cargo of Western. produce.
She will return to Cincinnati tuesday even
ing. Capt. G. D. Russell is her agent.
THE eidewbeel steamer Chesapeake,
Capt Crane, will leave here tomorrow even
ing for Tiptonyille and all way points on the
upper coast. Mr.. j. ID. Fuller is her clerk.
WoRKMEN were busly engaged yes
tsrday in putting up the new chimneys on
the Will b. Hays. u Is thought that the
Hays will BIO ready To leave tomorrow even
ing for st. Louis.
The City OF ST. Louis will leave ST..
Louis this morning and she is expected to
pass hero next Wednesday on her way to
New ORLEANS. Capt. AID Storm will give all
Information.
TaR Rene Macready arrived vester-
day from st. Francis river with 253 bales OF
cotton. % bags of cotton, 1928 packages OF
sundries. The Macready will return TO the
st. Francis river Tuesday evening.
THE James Lac is the regular pack
ct leaving tomorrow evening for Holena,
G cTss room coaS S wiz &ossrs william
Ashford, viii DarIagh and John Rhodes In
the office.
THE Coahcma, of the Lee Line, in
command OF the popular Capt. Henry Cooper,
leaves tomorrow evening for Gold Dust. Os-
ceOla and all way landings, Mess-s; VIM,
Smither, Chas. Leftwich and Sid Wheeler
are her clerks.
CAPT. JAMES REEFS wishes II UNDER
stood tina. tho steamer \. W. Cole has a
trade, WIS.,, from Memphis to Arkansas riv-
or; and that she will not enter the st. Louis
and Tennessee river trade, all rumors 10 the
contrary Notwithstanding.
The new steamer TO he built for the
Anchor Line will not DO like the City OF
Cairo, but she will be the duplicate Of the i'll
fated Anchor Line steamer City Of Green
vile, which was sunk three years ago Mt
Bayou Goula by collIding with the steamer
Laura Lee.
THE Raymond Horner with her tow
Of coal arrived at the island above the city
| yesterday. She had two boats loaded with
pittsburR slack and nut coal for Mesars.
Browa n Jones. The Horner will probably
pass here today on her way TO Now Orleans
THE fleet and elegant sidewheel
steamer Kate Adams, To- command Of the
veteran Capt Mark Cheek, leaves tomorrow
evening for Helena, Terrene, Arkaneas City
| and all way landings Messrs. william
Banker, Lon Hudson and Lew Price are
| her clerks.
THE C'ty of Cairo arrived Yesterday
morning from Vicksburg with 262 bales OF
cotton, 80 bags OF seed cotton and 4b7S sacks
of cotton seed. She returned TO Vick'burg
| last night with $50 tons Of freight, 10 head
| of stock and about so deck passengers. Al
| West A. emphis she got 500 sacks of corn.